Statutory Instruments
PESTICIDES
Made
30th September 1985
Laid before Parliament
10th October 1985
Coming into Operation
31st October 1985
The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and the Secretary of State, acting jointly, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by section 16(7) of and paragraphs 3 and 8 of Schedule 5 to the Food and Environment Protection Act 1985 and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following regulations:—
1.—(1) These regulations may be cited as the Control of Pesticides (Advisory Committee on Pesticides) (Terms of Office) Regulations 1985, and shall come into operation on 31st October 1985.
(2) In these regulations—
“the committee” means
“the Ministers” means
2. The members of the committee, who shall number as many as the Ministers may from time to time determine, and the person appointed as chairman, shall hold and vacate office on the following terms:
(a)they shall be appointed for a term not exceeding three years, which shall end on the 31st December of its final year;
(b)they may be re-appointed for a further term or terms; and
(c)their appointment shall be subject to their signing a declaration to the effect that they have no such financial or commercial interest as would be likely to prejudice the proper discharge of their functions.
In Witness whereof the Official Seal of the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food is hereunto affixed on 23rd September 1985.
L.S.
Michael Jopling
Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
George Younger
Secretary of State for Scotland
26th September 1985
Wyn Roberts
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Wales
24th September 1985
Young
Secretary of State for Employment
18th September 1985
Kenneth Baker
Secretary of State for the Environment
24th September 1985
Norman Fowler
Secretary of State for Social Services
30th September 1985
These regulations provide for the terms on which the chairman and members of the Advisory Committee on Pesticides, established for the purpose of advising the government on matters relating to pest control, are to hold and vacate their offices.